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cape girardeau weekly argus vol tl cape gieardeau^rssquri thutisday october 20 isfu n0.;,19i poetry , ."-.'.'*' ' from the n<>w york world ' â– 'â€¢'; ; the new yankee doodle \ â€¢ Â» . brothers east and brothers wee . â€¢ .'*., blent in true communion j "* 7lo ing pease but loving best \ .','':'. . l v , and evermorer the union t â™¦.--.â– â€¢ \ little mao and trusty pen _â– Â„',,.. Â„ names we join so handy ; they shali be our banner men 4 . * v t tankee doodle dandy i ' . â– ; . â– ' â– : - --â– c h ft v e got a work to do for this yankee nation ; Â» " and we mean to put it through i . spite of allrreation > â– " little mac o Â« i.f'-'i we by wit and toil knit skill ' " ~ ' , ";â€¢; " ~ must save our utarr bannr-r j ; ' and by george and pen we will ; ? .' 1n the neatest manner * 1-lttje dc c i ,_ t columbia bids us free her flag j - , . from a double treason â– ; -. , flaunting south a bastard rag â– -, north a mabk of reason little mac c . i far and wide war's horrid brand ",;â€¢"â– wayb its red dominion ' '",[' ' we miist sheathe it and our hand i Â„ Â». .-',-' loose the dove's vhite pinion i a Â„; : little mac c â€¢, r %" c must bring our brothers back f - '. â– erring but repenting ! ] v opening to them honor's rack : '"â– '''/. vand from hate relenting Â„ r little mac c / ' â– â– ' ib our hands avertfd hwords , '^ . ho le>-s keen for hheathicpr ; and upon our ijps kind words peace and union bruathinif little mac c : â€ž/_ we have had enough of wooi quite too much of shoddy ', * -'â– } â€¢ tve must b:eak up liiicol s school â€¢ ... .... with exit every ody : little mac c ; ; little mac will take the chair 1 and prove the bettor teacher % .' doing justice everywhere â– 5 ',â€¢ * * ' aa bids the sacr d preacher * ' litt c mac c swords to plow shares shall be tur ed and bullets into ballots k a d evermore the counsel tpurned both north and southâ€”of zealots little mac c \ o ! brothers let us falter not nor of a doubt be tftllin ' Â» * all o her watchwords be foigot in union and mcclelun little mac c â™¦ our foes in lincoln green sre clad * '', . ,'; , > but we in tluth's blue armor > '', â– ' ' \ '*Â„'â– .â– , with thfl itfst of p wer are mad â€¢ â– â€¢ j ' biit right's bur only charmert â€¢ .â– â– ; â– â– "-*â€¢â€¢" little mac c >'''; y [//'â€¢'â– 'â– â– >â– '".. ' iet three weeks and little more â– : â– .-." â– Â„ - â– all their horde*.shall perish ",." , ' .', while w -> cheer from shor to shore <> "'_:â– â– . the georges both we cherish .',. â€¢ ; little mac nd trusty pen ";â– .'.' t Â„- , â€¢ â– names we join se ban'd,y ' ' i -'â– â€¢ . they shallbe our banner men * ' vv â€¢ '. f/'t jtankve doodle dandy i â– ... , .... -~, a miscellany ted woman witli one hand . ' â€¢ - tfhe surgeon's story " "' "; â€¢- i do not believe in ghosts i have no faitti in any supernatural manifes tations of appearances whatever i beg any one who may peruse this nar rative to understand that i am ho sii superstitious creature afraid of my own shadow lending an attentive ear to old women's stories and seeing 11 something,white " in every corner where the shadows gather thickly af ter dusk it is scarcely likely that an old surgeon who has stood beside so many dying pillows and w&tched the flight of so many spirits from racked and wounded bodies should tremble at the thought of a disem bodied soul 1 know too well the re lease de^th often is to the poor pain stricken mortakj to fear their volun tary return to the sceries of their un happiness knd suffering neither am ithe victim of disordered nervea or fevered imagination i have j erform pd operations in which one tremor of the ; hand would have been fatal whets had my hand swerved but Â» hair's breadth to the right or left 1 would have been a murderer nay i dr greyatock can do what hiany able ; energetic meti nave fodrid im possible for i have had tacse dearest to my soul beneath my hahd > and though each moanot angdish every fitjitgf of the heart w^nt thrfugh tny very liefve the kindlyxcruel knife worked on fts steadily as though it carved :&. bfoct of senseless wood r iwas hortirifi.it retired country/village my ; father mifigled the jprofessions of doctor anci^c-ti ecary and at times drew teeth or set a fractured limbâ€”anything for a liv j ing poor man for he had a largo fam ily and beither property nor espec , tationa of a legacy his patients were distributed over a large tract of country and-during an unhealthy season tie was bfteh upon horseback froft morning lintil night ensuring ths bcorcliing bu6 of summer this cold blasts of wiftter or the miasmatic va pors of tbft xaarshy grotindÃŸ over j which he was called to travel upon | jnany a rainy midnight to'prescribe ; for some creature 'â– ', who was veryi low with the fever during his fre quent ahseric.e i presided over the pills and potions mixed washes made tip l^esbripiihns and amused myself hy th of-several works tmo,ji anatomy which graced the,book shelves of the room behind the thop this science was my chief delight and in a little while the resolution to become a surgeon filled mymind much experience had made me doubt the power bf medicine the myste ries of jtha tinicen machinery within us might baffle the most learned but the surgeon dealing with the'oarer man could see his work and realty benefit his fellow creatur'eli "'% riew the great strength of my nerves and the value they would be tome in the surgical profession - and i declared my intention to acfo'pt it before i had reached jny sixteen!hyear my fath er w&s | leased and gave hit consent at once but there were sorue prelimi naries to be arranged some funds to be accumulated before i could enter v on regular study meanwhile 5 staid atljome impatiently an^j gaih ered ali i could from books and my father's instructions the time pass ed tediously enough for i was anx ious to commence my career and start ujion the high road to wealth and em inence and many were tna anxious days and sleepless nights which i spent ere the time arrived which wit nessed my av|.uriure for the city at ' last however all was ready i bade adieu to my mother mj father and my younger brother from whom i bad never been separated for a night and with a heart which beat with high high hopes even amid the grief of parting tdok my place in the stage and left for the first time the home of rhy childhood in a month i had become accustomed to the sopa ration and thought only of my pro fession . . - â€¢ : medical students are generally wild reckless and dissipated ~ i was nei ther the discretion of old age seem ed to have come suddenly upon mo i shared my comrades studies but refused to mingle in their orgies for i had determined to-retain my strong aerves and unshaken head tp this last nevertheless i was a general favorite and formed many friendships among the giddy band which lasted long af ter they became grey-herded men there wa one among the oarnber whose name w&s robert rpdlawâ€”^-a s&ft handsome boy^be i was full of fun.xind frolic and te;rr*ibly addicted to practical jolesj but nevertheless kind-hearted and generous to a fault for he woim have given his last pen ny to any one who seemed in need of it to the living m wa^airteho ness;-to wounded iyretcij at the hos pital his hand was as soft as ap wo man's and i have seen his eyes fill with tears while he inflicted necessa ry pain but to the . dead he seemed heartlessâ€”a lifeless body being of no more value in his eyes than the trunk tff a dead tree 1 'â– â– â– 'â– ' 'â– â– .!â€¢â€¢â– â– : .<*". â– 'â– â€¢,-. .; 1 " would you value your old violin ease ?" he would say-when any one renribhstr'ated on the subject the strings brokenâ€”nay,;:the in'strumeiit destroyedâ€”of what value is that which was but formed fir its protec tion ? . for my part when my soul has taken flight care not what yott ! do with the compilation of flesh and bones which now contairib.it and upon this principle he seemed to act involuntarily :. . ' v ':'" '.";'''â– :"' one nigstâ€”6h how well i remem ber itâ€”a cold black evening in mid winterâ€”l sat alone beside my fire absorbed in meditation the book i had been reading lay beside me upon the table and my candle burned lovv within the socket for;it was nearly one o'clock although i had not yet retired suddenly 1 was ar6used by 16ud ringing itt thy door-bell and a soiind of sand thrown against my window from without and flighting another taper descended md opened thedoon l â– ;<-.â€¢â– <:â€¢,..!â– !**.Â» â– * .;;â€¢>.â€¢>.Â» â– <â€¢.â– â€¢> > there upb'fi the steps tftqoft robert redlaw and jfod otne'i fellow'stu dents alt llae worse for liquor j aiid all in boisterous spiritsv m let us in old fellow cried robert we want to tell you of our lark by george we've made a night of it such punch as we've been haying at tom brâ€”â€”^s while you have been moping over your musty book you ,-, niustjgo with us next time ' t : . there was no use pf remonstrance and one by one wf unexpected visit ors mounted the stairs and took their places ardutid rrijr fireside i bob frightened us ail awhile agd r began one of them after a tem porary silence * ' . ffldwr la'skei ,/'/,- !. -Â„ , sow h laughed bob Â« why with ! this**â€”and without another word bi preface he drew a folded kerchief frotti^his k)eket and unfolding it ex hibited a huthah hand . ' i â€¢" v il bob where did this come from i 1 involuntarily asked drawing batk a s epbrtwd ".-â– "â– , s '- - 'â– /%', hhe took,it from & grave whicii thelrain had washed open answer a tall young fellow turning away with a shudder cut it off with his knife as coolly as he might a bit of wood although i*ll;swear a sigh or a groan or a scream for all of them to gether tame from the body when he first laid his finger { upon it v ? Â„" ' bah laughed robert kedlaw your ventriloquist tricks can never jimpose upon me i took the l.itllej hand in'spite of them and shall keep jt Â«' a pretty creature it must have belonged to look at the alm'ohd shaped nails greystock â– Â«':>.â– . * : " a woman's hand i said p and oh bob there is a wedding ringupdn the fingef ' ", ' \ k .. Â„ , ,-â– '' Â„';' f so there is,'s skid tlm boy leaning adrohg theÂ«table so there is queer that 1 did not notice ir before coble gentleonen greystock in in a serious moodâ€”let us ioaye him"â€”and wrap ping his strange prize once more in his kerchief my wild frlohd and his comrades departed */ 1 â€¢ ispen't/tne night in restiess dreaiiis in all of which that pale litiie'hand which had been laid before me play fed a conspicuous part and arose at hiylightuhrefreshed and dispirited while 1 was putting the finishing touches to my toilet some one rap ped at my door and on my calling in opened it and entered it was bob howv do you do my dea^fellowr'jhe aidi " t hope you fee better tjiah-1 do for my part 1 peiwr parsed so restless a night some one in the house or next door kept a continuakmoanirig arid the sti*arige par of it wab wheii x arose to iisterr fearing some one was ills or d^'ihgj tlie botiri(l r c'emiedj ujitil i once mdre placed my head upon tne piilttw when they w&te resumed more loudly than before at one time i thought the other fellows w,ere tiylng ta frighten me about the mnh but the^e was go chance of that you remem ber my little pet hand^grreystock r i have bottled,jt in spirits iti a pri vate cubboard where my lauridresa who oncq fainted a k the sight of a skeleton will ever be alarmed by it he spoke j tiierfilyj bu,t there waa bottiething kbo'ut him different from liis usual manner 1 thdiight aa^we went out to breakfast together it | was a foggy mornings and the.street was very dreary there were out fe\v people abroad but as we turned k eofnerj came face to face j with a i wora^n whose head was bent upon ijier bosom/-and who was mourning bitterly she wdre no ton net and was dressed in white tiiit the iiiud and rairv had drenched and labbied | her until she was a pitiabfe^object to beb6ldÂ«,;i padded ktid . ipoke to h^r ' , f what is the s matter v i aske " can i do anything to hel t ajtdu ?"Â«.. ;â€¢' as i spoko the wbman raised her eyes and showed rnva face the beau tiful features of which were^of ah ashen pallor j then.without speaking held both her arms,toward me upon the left there was no band in thy astonish men i ;) i stepped aside and as i did soj the white robed figure glided past me and vanished in the fog in vain we looked for ner t sfie was gone beyond dur sight or hearing ' that i 3 ilthtigej i said turning to robfett liow miser^b the pod creaturd iookedf l^m k â– '-'â– '< i and my podr iriehd/tiirning from me,a cheek of ashey paleneis mut tered between his teeth left hand tod 1 good lieaverfs the left handr .. f ra . _' fl/^yi ~ we breakfasted te^einef but thro out themeal eobert redlavjl was ut terly unlike himself no merry jest passed hl lips f fid merry l^ogh i&iig out upon the ear arid every n^o^w and then his eyes fixed th"em'&elves iipoh vaaanc3 v,aa those whose thoughts are far away are prone to do as for myself i was strangefy iov spirited and abstracted ' for a week subsequent to that day 1 saw nothing of my friend feat at i the expiration of thatiime i went to j call apoafhim " bob was standing by 1 the tjiahtel when i entered his room bat he turned toward me and came forward with both hands outstretch cd , my grey stock he said ( l arfl glad to see jb'ij i shod hav borne aft^r you to : day i yon had not j wnd your way here lib you jsnow 11 have been ill singe e isist met ?" . - ' Â» f'l am sorry to hear that i said yea extremely ill continued robert;_Â«l eaugjit b.olli that night in the damp graveyard and have been feyerish arid dalirious i believe wpuicl not pass*eueh another week ireystock for all ,' the diamond i oi golconda \\:-; Â»,..,,.... ;]? he paused a moment,'a^ndtheri drawing closfer tojtte^plabed his hand upon my shoulder don't mention it to the.oth-er fellows,"."he'-a'aid but i-i absolutely imagih.esthht i saw a face looking at me from the window yonder and that & tall woman'vfig ure dressed in white and having on jy pne handâ€”the left qtie.waa gone j stood upon the parapet-of the next j roof and waved her arms toward me such a mad idea you know for there is scarcely a foothpld upon it for a monkey let alona a wofcnan :, ; ; but these fancies have left you hovj i saidi l 1 j^j Â«=â– â€¢â€¢â– â– â– -â– '.â– ' ? y^aj i hope they have,"lreplied robert i have [ suffered from no bj^ical delusloh ior two days r but ido wihh hkt terrible groaning could be put a stop to,;!hear it every night bu 11 can not persuade myself that it is the imagination yet nb one id the house is ill and my lands l!idy will hot confess that she hasev^r heard tne slightest noise greystock i % mu9t be a terrible thing to be iri sahe/'j â€¢;..â– i / 7 â€ž..,',',!'''â– -? r fv '.-â– â€¢: â€¢ > puti such fant'ies bu/t'of your mittdy robert i skid the truth is,'j76u have been feverish ane the re membrance of \ yoiir silly piece of wbrk with that jhand has acted upoli your tnitjd and eaased these appari tions % " take my advice,;my dear fel low and abstain j from the upunch bowl and wine-ewpj they lead any one into committing foolish if not qhminal actions corned let us go in to the open air to-day j t will de vote myself-.to you and we^will see what a country walk will db to the exercising of these fancies 0 .*â– ; , ! robert assented tomy proposition and we set off together " at first he was more serious than usual but aa the:day passed n,i saw with delight that his spirits were resuming their wonted tone the rich*color came back to his dark cheek j his eyes beamed with their.wonted brightness the - ghost seer â€¢ was â– gone rand tho careless boy stood once moro before me i rejoiced in the happy chan c as a mother fnight in the returning sittiles of kef ailing infant and at dusk we returned to the'eity as hap py a pair as you would wish to meet now bob i said when we had dined t we*will finish this evening at the theatre and banish those gloomy fancies eveti more effectually among the light and the music s , ' * v gloomy thoughts i laughed my friend j 1 am in high spirits to-night arid feel utterly ashamed of my ghost ly stories coniej if you are readyj'l bm ';'â– ', â– â– ,â– /*â– v ; t :(:'â– :â– â– -â– '[ we went vbtft;*ln itd*t"he hall as he 6poke and my hand was u^on the door when robert.suddenly exclaim ed : "*> ct i had nearly â€¢ forgotten 'â– my gldyes and handkerchief dinah and he beckoned to the little black wait ress '.' inah run.up and bring them to me my gloves-are upon ihe ta ble and you will find my chiefiin ohe of the bureau drawers which is unlocked ,' t l he little darkie startld with alac rity but while he waited for her re turn a terrible scream sounded thro the house and she 1 came rarining d^wn agaiii w{thont,.th aftic?4s.f6r which she had been dispatched ,;| j 1 : â– oh de ghost!-df ghost she ye ed dar's a ghostin'masffa'redlaw's , room ' ; ". : *%; v -;. r "', r â– " what db y.oq tneah ejaculalte.d robert j and kwhat â– do you > mean ?" was"l reiterated by the landlady and he boarders,-&s'they flockeci tc tÃŸe scene of aetioa r it went : after..ds mn'kercher t to masea gsiii'ed di nah " and i telfyer der blessed truf def tvas a woman all in"3er middle of 5e room h&ldin'up a jar and ifl dat jar was a band and de woman she han't ouly one herself for i seen her jest as plain as daylighl true as i'm alive it war ghosts jj , i snatched the candlestick from di nah's tremblicg agÂ«rs nd raahs'd ap j stairs the apartment was empty ; and the window iipon the roof closed j i opened the biip'board door and look ed in there stood the glass jar in which the hand was preserved on a remote corner of the helf jftpthing had been disturbed that could dis r cover and perplexed and disturbed 1 closed the door^/as i did so a low . wailing moan distinct despairing and horrible broke upon my ear and with the blood running cold within my vein s i descended to the hall ohce more ' ''!'â– :-.,'" '-.', v v '" " ",' '. robert sat upon a chair his pale face hidden in both arms i touched him upon thfe shoulder and found that he was senseless at first i fear ed that be was 4ead *./* ,?! rpor four weeks kobert eecjlaw tretobled on the margin of the grave and we his comrades watched over him with a^sad forebbdlngjfor the ex citement which he had undergone had developed a heart disease which might at any moment prove fatal at last howevor the danger seemed to growless imminent and although yet weak he seemed to be upon the highroad to recovery â€¢ at that time i had never lef,t him day or night study had been thrown aside and business abandonedâ€”all i earthly interest seemed centred in the â– dying friend beside whose pillow i watched bo anxiously when the happy hour of convalescence came i , could have wept for joy 1 one day x had been sitting beside robert reading from an old book to which he loved to listen until the twi light fell and the room grew so dark that i could not see the words then my friend said to me lay down beside me trreystock and rest a lit tle while you must bo weary and in my happy confidence of his safety i obeyed and had scarcely flung my feelf upon the pillow ere slumber over took me how long i slept i know not bÂ£it i was awakened by a low moan and lifting my head i saw rob ert sitting upright gating through the window . ' - " " bob dear bob i inquired what is the matter i committed sacriloge moaned my friend 4and this is my punish mefct greystock she has been here again put your arm about me and let me die on your shoulder , horror stricken i supported him upon my breast called to god for aid and prayed for one smile for one more word from those pale lips but all in vain , the voice was hushed forever the eye grew glassy the cold hand stiffened in my own and the white moonlight fell upon a dead man's face as i pressed my last kiss upon his lips have yoi ever watched beside the dead dear reader do you know what it is to see a form which once was full of life and health lay lllie a marble block before you all aweet emotions frozen ' within its sunken eyes and those changefoj and well loved expressions which charmed you so iv life settling into that fixed and rigid smile which even in its beauty seems to forbid your gaze and tell you that your part in what lies there is blotted out forever oh if you knew the grief of,euch a scene i need not tell what i felt as the hours of the next sad night wore on toward the morning "//*'â– / /./."â– ' j his watch lay on the mantel-piece ticking busily as ever â€¢ oh iiow strange it seemed to think its mas ter's hand would rie'ver rest on it tnore i.l.ooked iipon it the bands were pointing to the hour of three the night wa over and the miserable day was close at hdpd t turned away and walked tdw&rd the window i was alone for i,would not permit another to share that visits and the tears trickled,slowly dow k my cheeks as t walked the ftwr .// ; â– 'â– ';' cfi'ji ' [ just/then i heard/once more that low melancholy moan apparently just without the casement and start ing bkhk hefcl my breath to listem bjjr the faint light of a shaded taper upon.'the table/.j saw i the window opeii ; it was a french window and turnedupbn its hinges like a door and as it unfolded a figure crossed the sill aftd stepped softly inv it was that of a woman dressed in white garments and i caw as she crept stealthily to ward me that one band was gone this was no fancy if spirits ever came to mortal man one stood before me pow â€¢ '-â– â– ';;} â– ;';â€¢,"- â€ž'; ' " â– , ;â€¢â€ž -. i the apparition advanced and so i i did 1 horror gave me courage and i i grappled with it | held it in ft fine \ .'<> j >'* /'/"]'" lv a . ; unshrinking grasp and found th.at.fc j was solid as a thing of flesh and wood and that it moaned and trembled as if j in terror should i call for aid the â– thing living or dead had filled my poor young friend no fevered Â„ j,inaginati.on conjured iip the form and face which he believed was of anoth er world ,:â– ,:." v i -. n â– . 'â– â– -. â€” - ' hete it was powerless in my handeji and i would exercise it or die while i stood irresolute the light of a taper gleamed from out the darkness and i baw r ln*n s ta ndin by the open aaslu he looked u'poii the bed and the still thing beneath its snowy covering ' upon mo and the wing j grappled with and then whispered Â« ffor ood's sake loii'i ijiirt herj sir she does not know what she i â€¢ doiiigj he hasjo|t her senses | j . ,; f -,Â« why and what i ihis^bemg i asked j ahd why does she.'cqm^.td " the chamber of death at this silent hour you must tell me for she is already a murderess !" -Â« she is my wife said tie man j - '*â– " we have lived in the same house for ten years and all the time she ha . been mad she < has not had her senses since her^only child was burn ed to death in the same bre in which she lost her hand she was always fond of peeping through this window and i had not the heart to hinder her eut one night ehe saw the doctor * i poor fellow doing something with a â– hand which i suppose he had bro't " from his dissecting room and has been wild ever since i have not . been able to keep her from the win dow or even from this room for you eee she thought the hand was her v own and wanted it back three ' times i have followed her and brought her backâ€”once when she had the jar in her arms and was bringing it awayl god help her 1 she would not harni any one givo her o me and leb ms - ? take her away j 1 let the wretcted.creaturo go and Â„' be took her about the waist very ten - â€¢*. derly foi know what she has dene tasked \' - . no replied the man j to my knowledge she has done nothing . nothing is that nothing i "' asked pointing to the white couch that is her handiwork she killed him her presence frightened him ' l to death '..*,' . ' ' ' â€¢ ihope not 8:r y said the man i speak the truth i muttered / bitterly take her out of my sight \ oh why did i not learn this in time " ," why did i tarry on the roadside while my dwelling was in fiames and .' my wife and child enveloped in their midst t why is this woman once so '/ good and beautiful a senseless niani ', ac ?" said the strange man sadly it , l was god's will sir and we cannot al ter it good nights % may he com , fort you â– and thus speaking he ted tho un fortunate woman through the win dow and away over a eloping roofi ' with the soft caressing kindness of a lover while i sinking upon the floor gave way to a wild and bitter burst of grief , ( . - . .' .Â« enough i my tale is done in a ' ! lonely graveyard far from tho city's â€žâ€ž' bustle a white stone marks the grave of eobert hedlaw the victim'of on of the strangest coincidences whick */ ever'yet"has ( beeii/tecorded on the^.v boof;.of fatei 'â– .''''':Â£.'::< .. r;^/'"v '*" â– '-'" jdomestig-keoipes in full by josh bitlings.-^-tew sarre up cowcumbers Â„.,, pick them when the is on em ,',â– pare erb neatjy slice them thin add r ' salt and jet thÂ«m stand for 60 minits j e|)per>them freely add good sharp cr vinegarj and then^-raisq up the.win g dow karefuueand throw theni out 5 v : ' < â– tew make watermelons the old fashioned waâ€”stey them bi munelito '-â€¢ and eat them in the next loti - f,v / iiobsters want to b hied wtiole till r f tha a.'ededvpourice cream over them j send for the dock tor eat them before c going tew bed and tell jure friends m the next da that yu hey bin thretendt '-''"' witih an attack of theâ€”rebbels t i 0 n .. tew remove goose pimples---skia : ;" the goose : ' â– â– 'â– -:":: r -â€¢â– â€¢-;"â€¢'> '-â€¢''â€¢ â€¢'-â€¢' \ l tew kure7tiamÂ«h<-iatife'tieia in '"\ fi hostettir's bittars /â– ' â– '"''"' ; :} ":";' . tew bring up a child in the wa bo should go travel that wa yourself r it is h who is born rich not he t who has mad himself rich that oftea i f est commits saicid on the - other hand it is not the poor man but the man who has beoonae jsoor that kills : j himselfl -: â– ^*'â– -''-;---;:;:,; :-.? z-v s â– ckd is.eyesywfesrfc r*yst -- -â€¢ - - t , 113 i>ublistfbd ieverythttrsday by w m itamtlton .. t f to whom all letters on business must be addressed officbi-r argtis'^milding weir z)ermah's elron store main street Â£â– ;;;.;. 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', veekÂ»....'.i*.^..8...5l 00 i 3 weeks k..52 00 weeks 1 60 | 1 month ...... 2 60 contracts may be made for longer periods at the fol wlÂ»tg rates vy Â„ ,-' : . <â– .-,., Â„ , f â€¢ â€¢.'â– â– .' .> i % ' Â«â– " * montha 8 months 1 year ajb<raare f j.'.*.vwÂ«\s soo $ d 00 . 15 00 two 55juare5 8 00 12 00 2b 00 th?eesquares l 00 . â– '",(â– â– , 16 00 * 25 00 v four squares ...... 13 00 18 00 30 00 fourth of colun n 15 00 23 00 35 00 fealfc column 2o do ['â– ''';.- 35 00 ; ' 80 00 jlliree-fourths or num 28 00 - 42 50 â€¢ so ob one column â– ..Â».% 00 ik 60 00 100 00 yÂ«arl3 advertisers will have the privilege of one change of niatte withoiit additional charge in all other cases an a aitional charge of twenty-five ceritg per stjuare will be made to cover the cost of composi tibn 'â– â– n i *'.".''"' v [';-' *""'.'.'.''''''' f 'â– '' |-' â– -â– â– â– â– â€¢ * 'â– ' ".', 1 aksousrcin(^/cand|pates v i ;' .' ' for city offices;..;-i.sl 00 i for state offlces.,Â»*s 5 00 county officesi.,^Â»ii 3 00 | q0ugre55 jo 00 to be paid invariably in advance â€¢; ,- : , : ; fcf"au adtertisenients inserted for a less period than six motum/niust be paid iri advance yearly ad rcrtisement will be collected quarterly : ... <; - . .-â– ,Â«., /, legai notices -â€¢- â– â– * .-^ Â»,..- .- , jsfotices tit jiublic'ation for circuit courts will be charged at the fates of one dollar per square fof the sfsjk insertiou and fifty cents for each continuance notices of besignations final settlements admin istrator's notices and e&trays will be charged two dollars and fifty cents each and must be paid for at tbe time of publication â€¢ â– ; > â– - ; v all legal advertisements given by the courts or by individuals aud not to be pai4 for by the court must bs paid by the party or parties that are interested sfe fore a certificate of publication is given this rule is necessary t secure ourbelves and we shall strictly ttdtiere to it the parties and not us are the proper creditors a will be seen by reference to the laws of rte btate private notices all peryons sending communications or requiring loticea of fairs soirees conceits or any public en tertainments where charges are made for admittance uf whatever length must rciiin ten c*nts nor line with such notice to insuie their appedrance all no tices of private enterprise or topiomote individual intiresta and all editorial or local notices when re >â– quested to be charged at the rate of tea cents per line for eacli and every insertion s^anlases and deaths inserted for 25 cents each when the latter are accompanied by obituary notices bf tributes o respect ice ten cents per line will be charged ;<â– v,ev â– â– â– â€¢â– '"â– â€¢ â€¢.''>,â– !. ; .','..â€¢.â– 'â– â– ,!â– /'-" . â– â– >â– -< n stipulations .. â– â– â€¢ â– ' . â– ' the privilege of annual advertisers j strictly limit ed to thoir own immediate business and all'advertise i jaenth for the benefit of other persons as well as all idvartisements not immediately connected with their 1 own business and all classes of advertisements in â– ength or otherwise beyond the limit-s engaged will be charged proportionately for svlch transient ad t-ertising bills will be separately rendered anft prompt paymoat is desired - .<â– '-â– ''â– â– i \ i â– : > *â– .'." r:')v jotf peinttng â– -'-,' ' fe *^ vje arc prepared to execute all orders in this line that i may.be entrusted to us jn a prompt and satisfactory * wanner printing in dolors gold silver or bronze ol vvery description in a style equal to any establishnient iv the 7estera states ; â– /, _. Â„" ) ,; Â« â€ž ' ; 'â– 'â– , - ; 1 v cap girardeait missouri ( r :" "' --< -"â– â€¢â€¢> â€¢.'â€¢â– â– -Â»..â€ž._ '/<;â– "â– x"-x â€¢â– â– â€¢â– -. .;Â«/.â– *.:â– ' j.>,h r â– -â– Â„> - â– -..â€¢â– â– ;. /â– '*â€¢â€¢<â– Â« th proprietor of this establishnient having recently purchased and combined the two offices of the cape ttiraideau eagle and south-esist demociat besides iduiag a large and excellent assortment it '.. . job type . - -Â„ la now prepared to do 3Â»^jr/Â»v jf.vjb objwijijbjvtjll work such as fÂ«Â»4 stlli byhawÃŸ , jpoattrt , bectipt jprog-rammea t c*rtiiicat*t ft - t mil-heads circularg t . . zabtla , curda jfhintrnl jvottctt t bnll-ttcjttt fhd everything pertaining t6 the printing bnsiness in l '*'" 1 tne very neatest style and for the ; -'*';' '. .' f;;;;lo.we3i*'l iri9es ".;_ *>â– -â– (-â– ''*Â«â€¢ â– â– "â– *- t <â– â€¢,â– â– â€¢â– . Â„ , â– "" """"'.â– . â– . " *;, â– bjÂ«tjx iv jold silver and copper bronzes x ssecuted in elegant style r ';.','.â€¢, "~, .''.'â– ./':' Â„ '-'.:\, t â– * .-â€¢ we guarantee entire satisfaction to aiu tjt no work dbliveked until paid fob 4d . â– vi >.'.';;.Â«,';...'. b.;.s buttj : : tvb.alsb to staple and fancy dry goods and g-roce 4j ries at wholesale and retail painter's bow stain streetj in - i Â„-â€¢ + .' .â– ,.. . jelb oapb gtÃŸiÃŸdfiiu mo â– .â€žâ– Â». n iw lessons on the piand Â„; l v-'v j i ' â– ajfd in --â– '''; â– â– -. 'â– 'â– -.â– â– â– â– â– ; ; pmjvajikx'jytj hjtir-nnjiidijveti miss m m cusran tafces pleasure in announc ing tp her friends that she is prepared to give l.es f ons on the piaiia ; auo in ftraidiug hair ornaments nd other fancy ifroix 08 imttoniy t ; zatc and jv&t*ry jpÂ»hlte t<ollbction's made promptly oi^se adjoining st , v ohwlm hot â– . â– â€ž,< . ,-â– â– â€¢ â– "â€¢/â– j is ~ ";- * i^cape girardfiit mo â– tv stok.Â»s,/;f â– ;;; . *;Â«*â€¢â€¢â– ; stjcjb ojp tub.peace *â– '' . a nd igerit for the connecticut mutual life jjcxinsubanoh compant collections made proiaptlyi â€ž _,â€ž ..... ' - ' jy23-3m . ...... - -â€¢ '-^-â– â– /â€¢ l > .'-,;-!>,<â€”â€”â€” Â».",; ' .... - affl.i.citions fou.back pa â– qvj\*tw ikjvb jpjbj^siojvt â€¢; , t ka4Â»(mto7 fcjysi 1 toblbb > jackson jÂ£o â– xrv v j k a albert .;- .; â€¢ â– sl 'â€¢â€¢'''-*> x -**' fieaterf 4h "-â– â€¢â€ž,;;. 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cape girardeau weekly argus vol tl cape gieardeau^rssquri thutisday october 20 isfu n0.;,19i poetry , ."-.'.'*' ' from the n<>w york world ' â– 'â€¢'; ; the new yankee doodle \ â€¢ Â» . brothers east and brothers wee . â€¢ .'*., blent in true communion j "* 7lo ing pease but loving best \ .','':'. . l v , and evermorer the union t â™¦.--.â– â€¢ \ little mao and trusty pen _â– Â„',,.. Â„ names we join so handy ; they shali be our banner men 4 . * v t tankee doodle dandy i ' . â– ; . â– ' â– : - --â– c h ft v e got a work to do for this yankee nation ; Â» " and we mean to put it through i . spite of allrreation > â– " little mac o Â« i.f'-'i we by wit and toil knit skill ' " ~ ' , ";â€¢; " ~ must save our utarr bannr-r j ; ' and by george and pen we will ; ? .' 1n the neatest manner * 1-lttje dc c i ,_ t columbia bids us free her flag j - , . from a double treason â– ; -. , flaunting south a bastard rag â– -, north a mabk of reason little mac c . i far and wide war's horrid brand ",;â€¢"â– wayb its red dominion ' '",[' ' we miist sheathe it and our hand i Â„ Â». .-',-' loose the dove's vhite pinion i a Â„; : little mac c â€¢, r %" c must bring our brothers back f - '. â– erring but repenting ! ] v opening to them honor's rack : '"â– '''/. vand from hate relenting Â„ r little mac c / ' â– â– ' ib our hands avertfd hwords , '^ . ho le>-s keen for hheathicpr ; and upon our ijps kind words peace and union bruathinif little mac c : â€ž/_ we have had enough of wooi quite too much of shoddy ', * -'â– } â€¢ tve must b:eak up liiicol s school â€¢ ... .... with exit every ody : little mac c ; ; little mac will take the chair 1 and prove the bettor teacher % .' doing justice everywhere â– 5 ',â€¢ * * ' aa bids the sacr d preacher * ' litt c mac c swords to plow shares shall be tur ed and bullets into ballots k a d evermore the counsel tpurned both north and southâ€”of zealots little mac c \ o ! brothers let us falter not nor of a doubt be tftllin ' Â» * all o her watchwords be foigot in union and mcclelun little mac c â™¦ our foes in lincoln green sre clad * '', . ,'; , > but we in tluth's blue armor > '', â– ' ' \ '*Â„'â– .â– , with thfl itfst of p wer are mad â€¢ â– â€¢ j ' biit right's bur only charmert â€¢ .â– â– ; â– â– "-*â€¢â€¢" little mac c >'''; y [//'â€¢'â– 'â– â– >â– '".. ' iet three weeks and little more â– : â– .-." â– Â„ - â– all their horde*.shall perish ",." , ' .', while w -> cheer from shor to shore <> "'_:â– â– . the georges both we cherish .',. â€¢ ; little mac nd trusty pen ";â– .'.' t Â„- , â€¢ â– names we join se ban'd,y ' ' i -'â– â€¢ . they shallbe our banner men * ' vv â€¢ '. f/'t jtankve doodle dandy i â– ... , .... -~, a miscellany ted woman witli one hand . ' â€¢ - tfhe surgeon's story " "' "; â€¢- i do not believe in ghosts i have no faitti in any supernatural manifes tations of appearances whatever i beg any one who may peruse this nar rative to understand that i am ho sii superstitious creature afraid of my own shadow lending an attentive ear to old women's stories and seeing 11 something,white " in every corner where the shadows gather thickly af ter dusk it is scarcely likely that an old surgeon who has stood beside so many dying pillows and w&tched the flight of so many spirits from racked and wounded bodies should tremble at the thought of a disem bodied soul 1 know too well the re lease de^th often is to the poor pain stricken mortakj to fear their volun tary return to the sceries of their un happiness knd suffering neither am ithe victim of disordered nervea or fevered imagination i have j erform pd operations in which one tremor of the ; hand would have been fatal whets had my hand swerved but Â» hair's breadth to the right or left 1 would have been a murderer nay i dr greyatock can do what hiany able ; energetic meti nave fodrid im possible for i have had tacse dearest to my soul beneath my hahd > and though each moanot angdish every fitjitgf of the heart w^nt thrfugh tny very liefve the kindlyxcruel knife worked on fts steadily as though it carved :&. bfoct of senseless wood r iwas hortirifi.it retired country/village my ; father mifigled the jprofessions of doctor anci^c-ti ecary and at times drew teeth or set a fractured limbâ€”anything for a liv j ing poor man for he had a largo fam ily and beither property nor espec , tationa of a legacy his patients were distributed over a large tract of country and-during an unhealthy season tie was bfteh upon horseback froft morning lintil night ensuring ths bcorcliing bu6 of summer this cold blasts of wiftter or the miasmatic va pors of tbft xaarshy grotindÃŸ over j which he was called to travel upon | jnany a rainy midnight to'prescribe ; for some creature 'â– ', who was veryi low with the fever during his fre quent ahseric.e i presided over the pills and potions mixed washes made tip l^esbripiihns and amused myself hy th of-several works tmo,ji anatomy which graced the,book shelves of the room behind the thop this science was my chief delight and in a little while the resolution to become a surgeon filled mymind much experience had made me doubt the power bf medicine the myste ries of jtha tinicen machinery within us might baffle the most learned but the surgeon dealing with the'oarer man could see his work and realty benefit his fellow creatur'eli "'% riew the great strength of my nerves and the value they would be tome in the surgical profession - and i declared my intention to acfo'pt it before i had reached jny sixteen!hyear my fath er w&s | leased and gave hit consent at once but there were sorue prelimi naries to be arranged some funds to be accumulated before i could enter v on regular study meanwhile 5 staid atljome impatiently an^j gaih ered ali i could from books and my father's instructions the time pass ed tediously enough for i was anx ious to commence my career and start ujion the high road to wealth and em inence and many were tna anxious days and sleepless nights which i spent ere the time arrived which wit nessed my av|.uriure for the city at ' last however all was ready i bade adieu to my mother mj father and my younger brother from whom i bad never been separated for a night and with a heart which beat with high high hopes even amid the grief of parting tdok my place in the stage and left for the first time the home of rhy childhood in a month i had become accustomed to the sopa ration and thought only of my pro fession . . - â€¢ : medical students are generally wild reckless and dissipated ~ i was nei ther the discretion of old age seem ed to have come suddenly upon mo i shared my comrades studies but refused to mingle in their orgies for i had determined to-retain my strong aerves and unshaken head tp this last nevertheless i was a general favorite and formed many friendships among the giddy band which lasted long af ter they became grey-herded men there wa one among the oarnber whose name w&s robert rpdlawâ€”^-a s&ft handsome boy^be i was full of fun.xind frolic and te;rr*ibly addicted to practical jolesj but nevertheless kind-hearted and generous to a fault for he woim have given his last pen ny to any one who seemed in need of it to the living m wa^airteho ness;-to wounded iyretcij at the hos pital his hand was as soft as ap wo man's and i have seen his eyes fill with tears while he inflicted necessa ry pain but to the . dead he seemed heartlessâ€”a lifeless body being of no more value in his eyes than the trunk tff a dead tree 1 'â– â– â– 'â– ' 'â– â– .!â€¢â€¢â– â– : ..â€¢>.Â» â– > there upb'fi the steps tftqoft robert redlaw and jfod otne'i fellow'stu dents alt llae worse for liquor j aiid all in boisterous spiritsv m let us in old fellow cried robert we want to tell you of our lark by george we've made a night of it such punch as we've been haying at tom brâ€”â€”^s while you have been moping over your musty book you ,-, niustjgo with us next time ' t : . there was no use pf remonstrance and one by one wf unexpected visit ors mounted the stairs and took their places ardutid rrijr fireside i bob frightened us ail awhile agd r began one of them after a tem porary silence * ' . ffldwr la'skei ,/'/,- !. -Â„ , sow h laughed bob Â« why with ! this**â€”and without another word bi preface he drew a folded kerchief frotti^his k)eket and unfolding it ex hibited a huthah hand . ' i â€¢" v il bob where did this come from i 1 involuntarily asked drawing batk a s epbrtwd ".-â– "â– , s '- - 'â– /%', hhe took,it from & grave whicii thelrain had washed open answer a tall young fellow turning away with a shudder cut it off with his knife as coolly as he might a bit of wood although i*ll;swear a sigh or a groan or a scream for all of them to gether tame from the body when he first laid his finger { upon it v ? Â„" ' bah laughed robert kedlaw your ventriloquist tricks can never jimpose upon me i took the l.itllej hand in'spite of them and shall keep jt Â«' a pretty creature it must have belonged to look at the alm'ohd shaped nails greystock â– Â«':>.â– . * : " a woman's hand i said p and oh bob there is a wedding ringupdn the fingef ' ", ' \ k .. Â„ , ,-â– '' Â„';' f so there is,'s skid tlm boy leaning adrohg theÂ«table so there is queer that 1 did not notice ir before coble gentleonen greystock in in a serious moodâ€”let us ioaye him"â€”and wrap ping his strange prize once more in his kerchief my wild frlohd and his comrades departed */ 1 â€¢ ispen't/tne night in restiess dreaiiis in all of which that pale litiie'hand which had been laid before me play fed a conspicuous part and arose at hiylightuhrefreshed and dispirited while 1 was putting the finishing touches to my toilet some one rap ped at my door and on my calling in opened it and entered it was bob howv do you do my dea^fellowr'jhe aidi " t hope you fee better tjiah-1 do for my part 1 peiwr parsed so restless a night some one in the house or next door kept a continuakmoanirig arid the sti*arige par of it wab wheii x arose to iisterr fearing some one was ills or d^'ihgj tlie botiri(l r c'emiedj ujitil i once mdre placed my head upon tne piilttw when they w&te resumed more loudly than before at one time i thought the other fellows w,ere tiylng ta frighten me about the mnh but the^e was go chance of that you remem ber my little pet hand^grreystock r i have bottled,jt in spirits iti a pri vate cubboard where my lauridresa who oncq fainted a k the sight of a skeleton will ever be alarmed by it he spoke j tiierfilyj bu,t there waa bottiething kbo'ut him different from liis usual manner 1 thdiight aa^we went out to breakfast together it | was a foggy mornings and the.street was very dreary there were out fe\v people abroad but as we turned k eofnerj came face to face j with a i wora^n whose head was bent upon ijier bosom/-and who was mourning bitterly she wdre no ton net and was dressed in white tiiit the iiiud and rairv had drenched and labbied | her until she was a pitiabfe^object to beb6ldÂ«,;i padded ktid . ipoke to h^r ' , f what is the s matter v i aske " can i do anything to hel t ajtdu ?"Â«.. ;â€¢' as i spoko the wbman raised her eyes and showed rnva face the beau tiful features of which were^of ah ashen pallor j then.without speaking held both her arms,toward me upon the left there was no band in thy astonish men i ;) i stepped aside and as i did soj the white robed figure glided past me and vanished in the fog in vain we looked for ner t sfie was gone beyond dur sight or hearing ' that i 3 ilthtigej i said turning to robfett liow miser^b the pod creaturd iookedf l^m k â– '-'â– '< i and my podr iriehd/tiirning from me,a cheek of ashey paleneis mut tered between his teeth left hand tod 1 good lieaverfs the left handr .. f ra . _' fl/^yi ~ we breakfasted te^einef but thro out themeal eobert redlavjl was ut terly unlike himself no merry jest passed hl lips f fid merry l^ogh i&iig out upon the ear arid every n^o^w and then his eyes fixed th"em'&elves iipoh vaaanc3 v,aa those whose thoughts are far away are prone to do as for myself i was strangefy iov spirited and abstracted ' for a week subsequent to that day 1 saw nothing of my friend feat at i the expiration of thatiime i went to j call apoafhim " bob was standing by 1 the tjiahtel when i entered his room bat he turned toward me and came forward with both hands outstretch cd , my grey stock he said ( l arfl glad to see jb'ij i shod hav borne aft^r you to : day i yon had not j wnd your way here lib you jsnow 11 have been ill singe e isist met ?" . - ' Â» f'l am sorry to hear that i said yea extremely ill continued robert;_Â«l eaugjit b.olli that night in the damp graveyard and have been feyerish arid dalirious i believe wpuicl not pass*eueh another week ireystock for all ,' the diamond i oi golconda \\:-; Â»,..,,.... ;]? he paused a moment,'a^ndtheri drawing closfer tojtte^plabed his hand upon my shoulder don't mention it to the.oth-er fellows,"."he'-a'aid but i-i absolutely imagih.esthht i saw a face looking at me from the window yonder and that & tall woman'vfig ure dressed in white and having on jy pne handâ€”the left qtie.waa gone j stood upon the parapet-of the next j roof and waved her arms toward me such a mad idea you know for there is scarcely a foothpld upon it for a monkey let alona a wofcnan :, ; ; but these fancies have left you hovj i saidi l 1 j^j Â«=â– â€¢â€¢â– â– â– -â– '.â– ' ? y^aj i hope they have,"lreplied robert i have [ suffered from no bj^ical delusloh ior two days r but ido wihh hkt terrible groaning could be put a stop to,;!hear it every night bu 11 can not persuade myself that it is the imagination yet nb one id the house is ill and my lands l!idy will hot confess that she hasev^r heard tne slightest noise greystock i % mu9t be a terrible thing to be iri sahe/'j â€¢;..â– i / 7 â€ž..,',',!'''â– -? r fv '.-â– â€¢: â€¢ > puti such fant'ies bu/t'of your mittdy robert i skid the truth is,'j76u have been feverish ane the re membrance of \ yoiir silly piece of wbrk with that jhand has acted upoli your tnitjd and eaased these appari tions % " take my advice,;my dear fel low and abstain j from the upunch bowl and wine-ewpj they lead any one into committing foolish if not qhminal actions corned let us go in to the open air to-day j t will de vote myself-.to you and we^will see what a country walk will db to the exercising of these fancies 0 .*â– ; , ! robert assented tomy proposition and we set off together " at first he was more serious than usual but aa the:day passed n,i saw with delight that his spirits were resuming their wonted tone the rich*color came back to his dark cheek j his eyes beamed with their.wonted brightness the - ghost seer â€¢ was â– gone rand tho careless boy stood once moro before me i rejoiced in the happy chan c as a mother fnight in the returning sittiles of kef ailing infant and at dusk we returned to the'eity as hap py a pair as you would wish to meet now bob i said when we had dined t we*will finish this evening at the theatre and banish those gloomy fancies eveti more effectually among the light and the music s , ' * v gloomy thoughts i laughed my friend j 1 am in high spirits to-night arid feel utterly ashamed of my ghost ly stories coniej if you are readyj'l bm ';'â– ', â– â– ,â– /*â– v ; t :(:'â– :â– â– -â– '[ we went vbtft;*ln itd*t"he hall as he 6poke and my hand was u^on the door when robert.suddenly exclaim ed : "*> ct i had nearly â€¢ forgotten 'â– my gldyes and handkerchief dinah and he beckoned to the little black wait ress '.' inah run.up and bring them to me my gloves-are upon ihe ta ble and you will find my chiefiin ohe of the bureau drawers which is unlocked ,' t l he little darkie startld with alac rity but while he waited for her re turn a terrible scream sounded thro the house and she 1 came rarining d^wn agaiii w{thont,.th aftic?4s.f6r which she had been dispatched ,;| j 1 : â– oh de ghost!-df ghost she ye ed dar's a ghostin'masffa'redlaw's , room ' ; ". : *%; v -;. r "', r â– " what db y.oq tneah ejaculalte.d robert j and kwhat â– do you > mean ?" was"l reiterated by the landlady and he boarders,-&s'they flockeci tc tÃŸe scene of aetioa r it went : after..ds mn'kercher t to masea gsiii'ed di nah " and i telfyer der blessed truf def tvas a woman all in"3er middle of 5e room h&ldin'up a jar and ifl dat jar was a band and de woman she han't ouly one herself for i seen her jest as plain as daylighl true as i'm alive it war ghosts jj , i snatched the candlestick from di nah's tremblicg agÂ«rs nd raahs'd ap j stairs the apartment was empty ; and the window iipon the roof closed j i opened the biip'board door and look ed in there stood the glass jar in which the hand was preserved on a remote corner of the helf jftpthing had been disturbed that could dis r cover and perplexed and disturbed 1 closed the door^/as i did so a low . wailing moan distinct despairing and horrible broke upon my ear and with the blood running cold within my vein s i descended to the hall ohce more ' ''!'â– :-.,'" '-.', v v '" " ",' '. robert sat upon a chair his pale face hidden in both arms i touched him upon thfe shoulder and found that he was senseless at first i fear ed that be was 4ead *./* ,?! rpor four weeks kobert eecjlaw tretobled on the margin of the grave and we his comrades watched over him with a^sad forebbdlngjfor the ex citement which he had undergone had developed a heart disease which might at any moment prove fatal at last howevor the danger seemed to growless imminent and although yet weak he seemed to be upon the highroad to recovery â€¢ at that time i had never lef,t him day or night study had been thrown aside and business abandonedâ€”all i earthly interest seemed centred in the â– dying friend beside whose pillow i watched bo anxiously when the happy hour of convalescence came i , could have wept for joy 1 one day x had been sitting beside robert reading from an old book to which he loved to listen until the twi light fell and the room grew so dark that i could not see the words then my friend said to me lay down beside me trreystock and rest a lit tle while you must bo weary and in my happy confidence of his safety i obeyed and had scarcely flung my feelf upon the pillow ere slumber over took me how long i slept i know not bÂ£it i was awakened by a low moan and lifting my head i saw rob ert sitting upright gating through the window . ' - " " bob dear bob i inquired what is the matter i committed sacriloge moaned my friend 4and this is my punish mefct greystock she has been here again put your arm about me and let me die on your shoulder , horror stricken i supported him upon my breast called to god for aid and prayed for one smile for one more word from those pale lips but all in vain , the voice was hushed forever the eye grew glassy the cold hand stiffened in my own and the white moonlight fell upon a dead man's face as i pressed my last kiss upon his lips have yoi ever watched beside the dead dear reader do you know what it is to see a form which once was full of life and health lay lllie a marble block before you all aweet emotions frozen ' within its sunken eyes and those changefoj and well loved expressions which charmed you so iv life settling into that fixed and rigid smile which even in its beauty seems to forbid your gaze and tell you that your part in what lies there is blotted out forever oh if you knew the grief of,euch a scene i need not tell what i felt as the hours of the next sad night wore on toward the morning "//*'â– / /./."â– ' j his watch lay on the mantel-piece ticking busily as ever â€¢ oh iiow strange it seemed to think its mas ter's hand would rie'ver rest on it tnore i.l.ooked iipon it the bands were pointing to the hour of three the night wa over and the miserable day was close at hdpd t turned away and walked tdw&rd the window i was alone for i,would not permit another to share that visits and the tears trickled,slowly dow k my cheeks as t walked the ftwr .// ; â– 'â– ';' cfi'ji ' [ just/then i heard/once more that low melancholy moan apparently just without the casement and start ing bkhk hefcl my breath to listem bjjr the faint light of a shaded taper upon.'the table/.j saw i the window opeii ; it was a french window and turnedupbn its hinges like a door and as it unfolded a figure crossed the sill aftd stepped softly inv it was that of a woman dressed in white garments and i caw as she crept stealthily to ward me that one band was gone this was no fancy if spirits ever came to mortal man one stood before me pow â€¢ '-â– â– ';;} â– ;';â€¢,"- â€ž'; ' " â– , ;â€¢â€ž -. i the apparition advanced and so i i did 1 horror gave me courage and i i grappled with it | held it in ft fine \ .'<> j >'* /'/"]'" lv a . ; unshrinking grasp and found th.at.fc j was solid as a thing of flesh and wood and that it moaned and trembled as if j in terror should i call for aid the â– thing living or dead had filled my poor young friend no fevered Â„ j,inaginati.on conjured iip the form and face which he believed was of anoth er world ,:â– ,:." v i -. n â– . 'â– â– -. â€” - ' hete it was powerless in my handeji and i would exercise it or die while i stood irresolute the light of a taper gleamed from out the darkness and i baw r ln*n s ta ndin by the open aaslu he looked u'poii the bed and the still thing beneath its snowy covering ' upon mo and the wing j grappled with and then whispered Â« ffor ood's sake loii'i ijiirt herj sir she does not know what she i â€¢ doiiigj he hasjo|t her senses | j . ,; f -,Â« why and what i ihis^bemg i asked j ahd why does she.'cqm^.td " the chamber of death at this silent hour you must tell me for she is already a murderess !" -Â« she is my wife said tie man j - '*â– " we have lived in the same house for ten years and all the time she ha . been mad she < has not had her senses since her^only child was burn ed to death in the same bre in which she lost her hand she was always fond of peeping through this window and i had not the heart to hinder her eut one night ehe saw the doctor * i poor fellow doing something with a â– hand which i suppose he had bro't " from his dissecting room and has been wild ever since i have not . been able to keep her from the win dow or even from this room for you eee she thought the hand was her v own and wanted it back three ' times i have followed her and brought her backâ€”once when she had the jar in her arms and was bringing it awayl god help her 1 she would not harni any one givo her o me and leb ms - ? take her away j 1 let the wretcted.creaturo go and Â„' be took her about the waist very ten - â€¢*. derly foi know what she has dene tasked \' - . no replied the man j to my knowledge she has done nothing . nothing is that nothing i "' asked pointing to the white couch that is her handiwork she killed him her presence frightened him ' l to death '..*,' . ' ' ' â€¢ ihope not 8:r y said the man i speak the truth i muttered / bitterly take her out of my sight \ oh why did i not learn this in time " ," why did i tarry on the roadside while my dwelling was in fiames and .' my wife and child enveloped in their midst t why is this woman once so '/ good and beautiful a senseless niani ', ac ?" said the strange man sadly it , l was god's will sir and we cannot al ter it good nights % may he com , fort you â– and thus speaking he ted tho un fortunate woman through the win dow and away over a eloping roofi ' with the soft caressing kindness of a lover while i sinking upon the floor gave way to a wild and bitter burst of grief , ( . - . .' .Â« enough i my tale is done in a ' ! lonely graveyard far from tho city's â€žâ€ž' bustle a white stone marks the grave of eobert hedlaw the victim'of on of the strangest coincidences whick */ ever'yet"has ( beeii/tecorded on the^.v boof;.of fatei 'â– .''''':Â£.'::< .. r;^/'"v '*" â– '-'" jdomestig-keoipes in full by josh bitlings.-^-tew sarre up cowcumbers Â„.,, pick them when the is on em ,',â– pare erb neatjy slice them thin add r ' salt and jet thÂ«m stand for 60 minits j e|)per>them freely add good sharp cr vinegarj and then^-raisq up the.win g dow karefuueand throw theni out 5 v : ' < â– tew make watermelons the old fashioned waâ€”stey them bi munelito '-â€¢ and eat them in the next loti - f,v / iiobsters want to b hied wtiole till r f tha a.'ededvpourice cream over them j send for the dock tor eat them before c going tew bed and tell jure friends m the next da that yu hey bin thretendt '-''"' witih an attack of theâ€”rebbels t i 0 n .. tew remove goose pimples---skia : ;" the goose : ' â– â– 'â– -:":: r -â€¢â– â€¢-;"â€¢'> '-â€¢''â€¢ â€¢'-â€¢' \ l tew kure7tiamÂ«hublistfbd ieverythttrsday by w m itamtlton .. t f to whom all letters on business must be addressed officbi-r argtis'^milding weir z)ermah's elron store main street Â£â– ;;;.;. 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